Ok, so I might be a noob but I don't think I'm all that bad.
That said, I was wondering if anybody can help me with India, no matter how many times I lose I'm determined to play with them...
I know India is really slow, any tips to speed things up??
So far what I've tried to do is this:
2 vils to hunting
rest on food/wood crates, leave gold
crate vils go to hunt
Queue as many vils as the map will allow (I've been experimenting with building a Portuguese consulate instead, to get a cheaper wonder, but that seems to make things worse)
Age with Taj Mahal, usually 3-6 vils building it
So far I haven't been able to get to colonial under about 4:30... I want to cut that down
After that, I take the wonder vils, put them to wood, leave 5-7 vils on hunting, the rest to wood, queue TC to wood for 1-2 vils, and the next 7-9 on gold crates then mining
All the while placing 2-4 houses and a barracks
By the time I age to fortress I usually have something like 12-17 sepoys, usually a slow fortress between 9:00-11:00, something I REALLY don't like seeing
Usually I get overwhelmed by the enemy at about 20:00 or so, with 25ish sepoys, and some sowars from cards, possibly a mahout or 2
So in summation, I just really want to keep pushing myself with India, and not taking the easy road with dutch FF-ing or Ottoman rushes...
Thanks in advance with your help =)
That said, I was wondering if anybody can help me with India, no matter how many times I lose I'm determined to play with them...
I know India is really slow, any tips to speed things up??
So far what I've tried to do is this:
2 vils to hunting
rest on food/wood crates, leave gold
crate vils go to hunt
Queue as many vils as the map will allow (I've been experimenting with building a Portuguese consulate instead, to get a cheaper wonder, but that seems to make things worse)
Age with Taj Mahal, usually 3-6 vils building it
So far I haven't been able to get to colonial under about 4:30... I want to cut that down
After that, I take the wonder vils, put them to wood, leave 5-7 vils on hunting, the rest to wood, queue TC to wood for 1-2 vils, and the next 7-9 on gold crates then mining
All the while placing 2-4 houses and a barracks
By the time I age to fortress I usually have something like 12-17 sepoys, usually a slow fortress between 9:00-11:00, something I REALLY don't like seeing
Usually I get overwhelmed by the enemy at about 20:00 or so, with 25ish sepoys, and some sowars from cards, possibly a mahout or 2
So in summation, I just really want to keep pushing myself with India, and not taking the easy road with dutch FF-ing or Ottoman rushes...
Thanks in advance with your help =)